M. Robberto

Publication List Details

Period

1997 - 2009

Number

31

Co-Authors

A Wide-Field Survey of the Orion Nebula Cluster in the Near-Infrared (2009)

Robberto, M., Soderblom, D. R., Scandariato, G., Smith, K., Da Rio, N., Pagano, I., ...

We present J, H and K photometry of the Orion Nebula Cluster obtained at the CTIO/Blanco 4 m telescope in Cerro Tololo with the ISPI imager. From the observations we have assembled a catalog of about...

WFC3 Calibration and Data Processing (2009)

A. M. Koekemoer, P. Goudfrooij, L. L. Dressel, H. Bushouse, S. Baggett, T. Brown, ...

Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), a panchromatic imager being developed for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), is now fully integrated and over the past year has completed first rounds of extensive ground...

A Multi-color Optical Survey of the Orion Nebula Cluster. I. The Catalog (2009)

Da Rio, N., Robberto, M., Soderblom, D. R., Panagia, N., Hillenbrand, L. A., Palla, F., ...

We present U, B, V, I broadband, 6200 Å TiO mediumband, and Hα narrowband photometry of the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) obtained with the WFI imager at the ESO/MPI 2.2 telescope at La Silla...

SPACE: the spectroscopic all-sky cosmic explorer (2009)

Cimatti, A., Robberto, M., Baugh, C., Beckwith, S. V. W., Content, R., Daddi, E., ...

We describe the scientific motivations, the mission concept and the instrumentation of SPACE, a class-M mission proposed for concept study at the first call of the ESA Cosmic-Vision 2015–2025...

Applications of DMDs for astrophysical research (2009)

Robberto, M., Cimatti, A., Jacobsen, A., Zamkotsian, F., Zerbi, F. M.

A long-standing problem of astrophysical research is how to simultaneously obtain spectra of thousands of sources randomly positioned in the field of view of a telescope. Digital Micromirror Devices,...

Evidence for a Photoevaporated Circumbinary Disk in Orion (2008)

Robberto, M., Ricci, L., Da Rio, N., Soderblom, D. R.

We have found a photoevaporated disk in the Orion Nebula that includes a wide binary. HST/ACS observations of the proplyd 124-132 show two point-like sources separated by 0".15, or about 60 AU at the...

SPACE: the SPectroscopic All-sky Cosmic Explorer (2008)

Cimatti, A., Robberto, M., Baugh, C. M., Beckwith, S. V. W., Content, R., Daddi, E., ...

We describe the scientific motivations, the mission concept and the instrumentation of SPACE, a class-M mission proposed for concept study at the first call of the ESA Cosmic-Vision 2015-2025...

X-ray properties of protostars in the Orion Nebula (2008)

Prisinzano, L., Micela, G., Flaccomio, E., Stauffer, J. R., Megeath, T., Rebull, L., ...

The origin and evolution of the X-ray emission in very young stellar objects (YSOs) are not yet well understood because it is very hard to observe YSOs in the protostellar phase. Using COUP data, we...

Evidence for a photoevaporated circumbinary disk in Orion (2008)

Robberto, M., Ricci, L., Da Rio, N., Soderblom, D. R.

We have found a photoevaporated disk in the Orion Nebula that includes a wide binary. HST ACS observations of the proplyd 124-132 show two pointlike sources separated by 0.15", or about 60 AU at the...

IRS 3 - the brightest compact MIR source in the galactic center (2008)

Eckart, A., Pott, J. U., Glindemann, A., Viehmann, T., Schödel, R., Straubmeier, C., ...

In a recent VLTI experiment we partially resolved the dust enshrouded star IRS 3 in the central light year of our galaxy. This observation is the first step in investigating both IRS 3 in particular...

X-ray properties of protostars in the Orion Nebula (2007)

Prisinzano, L., Micela, G., Flaccomio, E., Stauffer, J. R., Megeath, T., Rebull, L., ...

The origin and evolution of the X-rays in very young stellar objects (YSOs) are not yet well understood since it is very hard to observe YSOs in the protostellar phase. We study the X-ray properties...

The enigma of GCIRS 3 - Constraining the properties of the mid-infrared reference star of the central parsec of the Milky Way with optical long baseline interferometry (2007)

Eckart, A., Glindemann, A., Schodel, R., Viehmann, T., Robberto, M.

GCIRS3 is the most prominent MIR source in the central pc of the Galaxy. NIR spectroscopy failed to solve the enigma of its nature. The properties of extreme individual objects of the central stellar...

An Overview of the SPACE Mission Proposal (2007)

Robberto, M., Cimatti, A., Team, The SPACE Science

SPACE (SPectroscopic All-sky Cosmic Explorer) is a class-M mission proposed to ESA for the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 call and recently promoted to the next assessment study phase. SPACE will produce...

A Hubble View of Star Forming Regions in the Magellanic Clouds (2007)

Gouliermis, D. A., Henning, Th., Brandner, W., Rosa, M. R., Dolphin, A. E., Schmalzl, M., ...

The Magellanic Clouds (MCs) offer an outstanding variety of young stellar associations, in which large samples of low-mass stars (with masses less than 1 solar mass) currently in the act of formation...

A feasibility study of future observations with MIDI and other VLTI science instruments: The example of the Galactic Center (2005)

Glindemann, A., Eckart, A., Schoeller, M., Leinert, C., Viehmann, T., ...

VLT-Interferometry will allow imaging of the Galactic Center (GC) and the nuclei of extragalactic sources at an angular resolution of a few milliarcseconds. VLTI will be a prime instrument to study...

VLTI observations of IRS~3: The brightest compact MIR source at the Galactic Centre (2005)

Eckart, A., Glindemann, A., Viehmann, T., Schödel, R., Straubmeier, C., ...

The dust enshrouded star IRS~3 in the central light year of our galaxy was partially resolved in a recent VLTI experiment. The presented observation is the first step in investigating both IRS~3 in...

VLTI observations of IRS 3 : The brightest compact MIR source at the Galactic Centre (2005)

Eckart, A., Glindemann, A., Viehmann, T., Schoedel, R., Straubmeier, C., ...

The dust enshrouded star IRS~3 in the central light year of our galaxy was partially resolved in a recent VLTI experiment. The presented observation is the first step in investigating both IRS~3 in...

The Orion Nebula in the mid-infrared (2005)

Robberto, M., Beckwith, S. V. W., Panagia, N., Patel, S. G., Herbst, T. M., Ligori, S., ...

We present two wide-field (~5'_3&farcm;5), diffraction-limited (lambda/D~=0.5" at 10 mum), broadband 10 and 20 mum images of the Orion Nebula, plus six 7-13 mum narrowband (lambda/Deltalambda~=1)...

The Orion Nebula in the mid-IR (2004)

Robberto, M., Beckwith, S. V. W., Panagia, N., Patel, S. G., Herbst, T. M., Ligori, S., ...

We present two wide-field (5'x5'), diffraction limited, broad-band 10 and 20 micron images of the Orion Nebula, plus six 7-13 micron narrow-band images of BN/KL taken at the 3.8m UKIRT telescope. The...

Massive Star Feedback on the IMF (2004)

Robberto, M., Song, J., Carrillo, G. Mora, Beckwith, S. V. W., Makidon, R. B., Panagia, N.

We have obtained the first measures of the mass accretion rates on stars of the Trapezium Cluster. They appear systematically lower than those of similar stars in the Taurus-Auriga association....

HST/WFPC2 Study of the Trapezium Cluster: the Influence of Circumstellar Disks on the Initial Mass Function (2004)

Robberto, M., Song, J., Carrillo, G. Mora, Beckwith, S. V. W., Makidon, R. B., Panagia, N.

We have performed the first measures of mass accretion rates in the core of the Orion Nebula Cluster. Four adjacent fields centered on the Trapezium stars have been imaged in the U- and B-bands using...

The Infrared Emission of Circumstellar Envelopes, Dark Silhouettes and Photoionized Disks in HII Regions (2002)

Robberto, M., Beckwith, S. V. W., Panagia, N.

We model the IR Spectral Energy Distribution of circumstellar disks embedded in a HII region and photoevaporated by the external UV radiation. The model applies to the photoevaporated disks...

Mid-Ir Imaging Of The Bn/kl Region (2002)

M. Robberto, S. Ligori, T. M. Herbst, A. Custo, P. Boccacci, ...

this paper we present a new high-resolution 10 m image of the BN/KL region obtained on UKIRT in di#raction limited conditions

Wide-field imaging at mid infrared wavelengths: reconstruction of chopped and nodded data (2000)

Bertero, M., Boccacci, P., Robberto, M.

Ground-based astronomical observations at thermal infrared wavelengths face the problem of extracting the weak astronomical signal from the large and rapidly variable background flux. The observing...

The Transitional PMS Object DI Tauri: Evidence for a Sub-stellar Companion and Rapid Disk Evolution (1997)

Meyer, Michael R., Beckwith, S. V. W., Herbst, T. M., Robberto, M.

We report mid--IR observations of two young stars found in the Taurus dark cloud spatially resolving for the first time their 10 $\mu$m emission. The weak-emission T Tauri star DI Tau, tentatively...